info on original cost of porsche 911

[mogavero]

Hello,
I am new to this bulletin board and am actually a fairly new porsche owner. I bought my first p-car fufilling a childhood dream back in September and was wondering if there was some place on the web or some other source which would give me the cost of my car if I bough in new in 1985? Thanks.

John Mogavero
'85 911 Targa

[steve911]

John-
Welcome to the board & congratulations on fulfilling the dream. I did likewise almost a year ago - '85 Targa like you. Might try calling Porsche North America and asking customer service. I know that you can give them the VIN and they will read back to you the full option list on the car (also for $30-$35 they'll send you a copy of it, though I've heard some who have done it haven't been terribly impressed by what they got.)

enjoy!

[davis911s]

Somebody must have info or a GOOD memory to know what these might have sost when new.

Come on you "old timers" what would the 85 be worth? How about my 77 Targa?

Shawn

[John Brandt]

I know the answer, but I'm not an "Old Timer" so guess I'll keep it to myself.

[mogavero]

Now thats not fair Mr. Brandt!! I'm sure davis911 didn't mean you! : )

Thanks for the tip Steve!

John

[speeder]

In 1985, new 911 targa cost about $ 38,000, more or less depending on options. (911's had lots of optional equipment- even fuchs alloys were optional). In 1977, about $20,000.

[Rot 911]

Here's one for an 85 Coupe:

[davis911s]

Thanks Speeder anyone have one of those stickers for a 77 Targa? Were the targas cheaper or more $ than coupes?

Kurt that is a great item!

Shawn

[Jamul74]

The window sticker on my 74 Targa indicates 13,010.00 out the door!

[Jdub]

Welcome John:

The fun part for me at least was collecting all of the books, magazines, and literature I could. The Porsche Red Book will get you started about specifications, including original cost, so you might want to spend some money in that direction. Also the Bentley manual is a good compromise between the Haynes manual at $12.00 used or the official Porsche manuals at $$$.

Jw

BTW, I spent a lot of time in Maine; Allagash, St. John rivers, Whitehead island, Penobscot, etc. That is a beautiful state, and so much like Washington. Gotta love daylight at 10PM at night!

[Rot 911]

Shawn, just for you, sorry it's just a coupe!

[davis911s]

Thanks Kurt much appreciated. Where do you find all of these? I would love to have one for mine. I wonder if the dealer would have it after 25 years

Shawn

[Rick Lee]

If you go to the "find a car" section of the online Washington Post, I think you can do a search for Porsches and it will show the original cost. Or maybe it's the Kelly Blue Book or NADA page. You can find it online -- I just don't remember how exactly.

[davis911s]

Richard the Washington Post is great. Only goes back to 83 though But it says the 85 Targa originally listed at $33,500.

The NADA site says my 77 Targa originally listed for $15, 945 and has a high retail now of only $13,200 Thats a POOR investment. Its gone down $2500 already in 25 years. haha

Now I have to find out how to get an "original" sticker for my 77 Targa. Or a photocopy version of any 77 Targa

Shawn

[Planter91C2]

autotrader.com "decision guide" will give you original price but only goes back to 1989. Interesting though, my 964 was listed at $64,445.00

[emcon5]

Originally posted by davis911s
The NADA site says my 77 Targa originally listed for $15, 945

Where are you finding that? All I can find on www.nadaguides.com is used price, and only back to 82.

Thanks,

Tom

[ChrisL]

As a datapoint, my 1986 Carrera coupe was $31,950 plus the following options:

Leather steering wheel with raised hub: $47
Monterey digtl. cassette radio: $625
Limited slip differential: $595
Power door locks: $250
15-inch forged alloy wheels: $840
Power sear, right: $380
Cruise control: $320
Sport shock absorbers: $200
Wheel cntr/white gold metallic: $215
Alarm system: $200
Electric sunroof: $966

Add prep at $245 and destination charge at $578 and that should add up to $37,411

Chris.

[davis911s]

Where are you finding that? All I can find on www.nadaguides.com is used price, and only back to 82.

Tom Its in that site under Classic cars they go back to 1946

See if this works.

http://www.nadaguides.com/ValueYear.asp?UserID=054BB5E9736&DID=37236&Sec=Manuf&Type=IM&GCode=CC&wSec=2&wPg=1008&Letter=P

Shawn

[speeder]

I guess I was pretty close. Thing to remember is that 911's had a lot of expensive options. Sticker shown for 85 coupe is an expensive one, (full leather, ltd. slip, etc.), most were closer to $37k. As for '77, example is a cheap one. Targas were more than coupes, difference of about $1800.00 I think in 80's, Cars doubled in price from about '75 to '80 in U.S. due to $/mark rate, and continued steady up through 80's. Of course they never lowered price when $ went up. They stayed almost same for 3-4 years in early-mid 80's. In 1986 I worked at dealer and inflation kicked back in; sticker base price of 930 went from $49,000 to $61,000 in one model year! (From beginning to end of '86 production run).

[emcon5]

Thanks Shawn,

It looks like a 82 SC was around $30K

Tom